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IN BRIEF
Hands in till
Police are hunting for a man
caught on security cameras
stealing from the till of the
Opaheke superette.
Detective Steve Williamson of
Counties Manukau police
says footage from May 24
shows a man going into the
Opaheke Rd dairy about
6.45pm.
''The offender has
deliberately waited outside
until other customers have
left before he entered.
''He was obviously intent on
getting cash and had the
shopkeeper been present this
would have been a robbery
rather than a theft.''
The man fled in a white
Mercedes Benz after he was
disturbed by the shopkeeper
who was at the back of the
shop. The man is believed to
be aged 18 to 25, about 1.75
to 1.85 metres tall and has a
tattoo on his left forearm and
left shin. He wore a stud in
his left ear, a red cap, a black
sleeveless puffer jacket and
black shorts.
Call 295-0257 with
information.
Teens arrested
Two teenagers were arrested
and two more are being
sought after robberies in
Papakura and Papatoetoe on
Monday.
Counties Manukau police
were called to Hillside
Superette in Papatoetoe at
1.30pm after two youths, one
armed with a pistol,
demanded cigarettes.
Police following up that call
were then called to Redhill
Superette in Papakura where
a similar robbery was taking
place.
The youths were seen
speeding off from both
scenes in a black Mazda.
It was eventually stopped by
police road spikes on Hill Rd
in Papakura.
Course back on market
Green fees: The Papakura Golf Course is now for sale.
By MELISSA KINEALY
A CONTROVERSIAL green
space in Papakura is up for
sale again.
The Papakura Golf Course
is on the market and while its
owners might be selling an
encumbrance on the land will
remain in place.
The encumbrance is a
restriction placed on the
course s title when a previous
district council sold it 18
years ago.
The public course was
bought by current owners
Score Trustees Ltd in 2006.
Last year the company asked
the former Papakura District
Council to partially lift the
encumbrance so it could build
a retirement village and four-
hole golf course on the
18-hectare site.
But nearby residents
fought the move, forming the
Papakura Golf Course Con-
cerned Residents group. They
wanted the course preserved
intact as a golfing and green
space amenity.
They held meetings,
mounted petitions and called
on the council to honour its
promise to keep the restric-
tion.
The council received 480
submissions on lifting the
encumbrance -- one agreed
and 479 opposed it.
At a hearing in March,
2010, councillors voted
against lifting the covenant,
ultimately squashing the
retirement village develop-
ment plans. Now residents
group spokeswoman Marga-
ret Paton says news of the
sale is a good step for us .
We would like to see the
council buy it back again.
There would be no losers if
the council bought it back.
If it goes into private
hands we will always be
watching. People feel
passionately about it,
especially people who live
around the golf course.
It s an ordinary person s
golf course. They just come to
enjoy a game of golf.
Mrs Paton says the group
is in the process of forming an
incorporated society to give it
more strength should it be
needed.
Papakura Local Board
chairman John Robinson says
the encumbrance is all about
protecting green areas for the
community.
It s also about having our
young people able to access
these sort of facilities.
His advice from the Auck-
land Council is that the
encumbrance is here to stay
and that it provides protec-
tion for the land.
It s maintaining these
green belts for the com-
munity of today and the
future, Mr Robinson says.
The latest government
valuation puts the site s
value at $4 million.
Annual rates on the land
are $15,664.
Bayleys Real Estate is sell-
ing the property by a tender
process closing on June 30.
Senior salesman Brian
Johns says the council s clear
intention is that the amenity
should be preserved as a golf
course.
Mr Johns says the course
has potential growth
opportunities -- including
making greater use of the
clubhouse for private
functions and events.
The course is in great con-
dition but the clubhouse
office and service areas are
looking tired and would ben-
efit from a refurbishment, he
says.
Baking up hope for a sick new mum
Cupcake cheer: Samantha
McConnell and her cousin Lucy
Howard, 7, are looking forward
to holding a bake sale for new
mum and cancer patient Lauren
Toopi. Photo: JASON OXENHAM
By JANIE SMITH
Sugar, butter, flour and love
are the main ingredients for a
bake sale being held to help a
new mum battling cancer.
Samantha McConnell is
holding the event for Papa-
kura woman Lauren Toopi,
who is battling Hodgkin s
lymphoma while caring for
her two-month-old daughter
Isabella.
Lauren is a close friend of
Samantha s partner Jesse
Roscoe and when the couple
heard about her diagnosis
they wanted to help.
I immediately thought of a
bake sale, Samantha says.
Lauren was seven months
pregnant when her cancer
was discovered and she
decided to put off starting
chemotherapy until after Isa-
bella was born.
The day after the birth she
had her first bone marrow
biopsy and it s been go since
then , Samantha says.
She had to quit work when
she got sick and her mum and
partner have had to reduce
their hours to help stay home
and look after Lauren and
Isabella.
They are not the kind of
people who ask for help, they
are people who have worked
hard for everything they ve
got.
She says Lauren will be
having chemotherapy until
the end of October and
spends a couple of days every
fortnight sick after her
treatments.
The bake sale will be held
at Eden Coffee, 100 Mt Eden
Rd, from 10.30am to 2pm on
Saturday.
All proceeds from the bak-
ing and $1 from each cup of
coffee sold will go towards
helping Lauren.
Email bake.sale.nz@gmail.
com to get involved.